| Author | Message | ||
     Greenlantern |
http://www.nypost.com/seven/07102009/news/regional news/biff__wham__pow__178573.htm | ||
| Xodot |
A 5 second ride on "Mr. TASER" would have dropped Superman faster than kryptonite! | ||
| Jaimec |
You need a LICENSE to walk around in costume??? | ||
| Wolfridgerider |
You need a LICENSE to walk around in costume??? ....what if its not a costume? What it thats just they way I like to dress? | ||
| Froggy |
I love the comments, wow these people (the commenters) are stupid. | ||
| Greenlantern |
You need a LICENSE to walk around in costume??? No, but you do need a PERMIT for public performances and since walking around in costume is not considered the norm it can be interpreted as public performing. A crafty little piece of the Apple racketeering tradition but nowhere as sophisticated or as foolproof as NYC traffic violations. Now THERE is a true masterpiece in extortion. | ||
| Jaimec |
Kinda makes it hard to keep a secret identity in New York City, I'd think. Hey? Who's filed for a permit for wearing a Spiderman costume in Manhattan? Some guy named Peter Parker?? Makes it hard to respond to a crime in progress if you have to wait in line to get a permit before you change into costume: "But the robbers are getting away!!" "I don't care, get back on the end of the line!!" (Message edited by Jaimec on July 10, 2009) | ||
| Spiderman |
The incident occurred when cops approached Katsnelson, who was panhandling, and asked him for ID. "When Katsnelson said he didn't have any ID, cops continued to ask him questions, sources said. That's when Katsnelson punched the female officer, sources said. "He freaked out and punched the girl cop in the face," Batman said later" She asked for ID not a license to perform. I don't know about NY but in Michigan you need to have valid ID on you at all times... | ||
| Court |
>>>Now THERE is a true masterpiece in extortion. I've had 3 tickets this week.
UPS, FedEx and so forth . . . generally get $500 - $900 of tickets a day. I saw a truck last night with both wiper bladed full of tickets. It's an art form dedicated to full employment of the otherwise unemployable. The city hires TEA's (Traffic Enforcement Agents" and dispatches them about 1 per block and they are a basically money machines. We got a good laugh recently when we parked on Massachusetts Street in Lawrence, KS. Went in to eat, came out to find a ticket. It was $2 with a not of apology and coupons good for $25 from Mass Street merchants. I went in Jayhawk Spirit, bought some NCAA Basketball and Orange Bowl champ shirts and walked away . . . I basically got paid $23 for illegal parking. | ||
| Jaimec |
When I first got a job in Manhattan, I'd learned it was cheaper to park ILLEGALLY in Valley Stream (where I lived at the time) than it was to pay for LEGAL parking in Manhattan. Go figure! | ||
| Greenlantern |
"Their comic-book adventure went awry when cops approached the dynamic duo on 43rd Street to see whether they had the required license to perform in costume in public, Frisoli said. When they said no, cops asked for IDs. Again, they answered no, which prompted cops to handcuff Batman." That's where Jaime's license question came from. You just knew that Batman was already working on escaping that lawn chair when the police sprung him. The Bugle as usual is blaming Spiderman for the whole debacle! | ||
| Spiderman |
Ahhh I missed that part, either way, No ID and then assaulting an officer is a good way to catch a, well deserved, beat down... | ||
| Greenlantern |
Wow, you really have a beef with Superman don't you?  | ||
| Spiderman |
All I gotta say is, worst secret identity EVER!  | ||
| Froggy |
Nobody likes Superman, he is overpowered. Even that Smallville show was getting ridiculous at times with everything containing kyptonite. I was waiting for him to buy kyptronite brownies from the nice Jamaican guy down the street. | ||
| Ducbsa |
I got a parking ticket in NYC once where the sign the made it illegal was at the far end of a one way street. Excellent strategy there for revenue collecting. | ||
| Greenlantern |
In NYC, commercial firms set up accounts with NYC finance ( Yup that's who handles parking violations here, no pretensions whatsoever). Every 25 days after sorting through the scores of accrued tickets a small size company with a fleet of say 10 to 15 work vehicles and 3 to 4 support vehicles would generate, you submit said citations for dismissal or penalty adjustment. Dismissal is only possible for erroneously written tickets (ie: wrong vin, location of offense, clock time and such and must be accompanied by adequate hard copy proof). Adjustments are made based on type of offense, location and past payment/history volume. You can NOT contest a ticket on it's own merits through this program , to do so you have to go to court like every one else and if you lose you pay full face value along with all the "processing fees" that add anywhere from 50 to 110 percent of the face value. It's a safe bet that few multi vehicle companies take this gamble. But WAIT! there is more, tickets that are in consideration for dismissal while temporarily suspended from financial penalty are still ACTIVE and UNRESOLVED in the agencies database. What does this mean? It means your vehicle could be towed ( confiscated)at any moment whether legally parked or not. It gets better..... Who has your vehicle? NYC Traffic? County Marshall? Which county ? 5 boroughs make 1 big city but it is still composed of 5 counties! and while it is uncommon for your vehicle parked in Manhattan to turn up in a Staten Island impound, it is probably going to turn up in Brooklyn or Queens as New York County does not have any impounds either funded or private. But that brings us back to the ticket(s) that got your vehicle there in the firs place. Want your vehicle back ? well you are just going to have to fork over that money in full + "processing fees+ tow/ impound fees. Talk about Profit margins! Can I get a Ka-ching my brothers? Now if you are randomly towed by the NYC Traffic Violations fleet, (This is their banner)  Then you go to your Boroughs impound and simply pay the $200.00 or so get out of jail fee and are on your way though you have to have proof of ownership on your person and not from impounded vehicle! (this rule applies to commercial, not sure about others.) No ticket fines are paid at this time so you are still up for dismissal but you are still also open further privateering of your vehicle by the jackals. Mass Transit is quite a bargain when you come to think about it!  | ||
| Jaimec |
One of the reasons I HATE HATE HATE New York City. I generally have to be dragged screaming and kicking into Manhattan. I've always preferred lower-paying jobs out here on Long Island than the higher paying jobs in the City. At least the money I earn out here goes mostly into MY pocket, not every other damned City Agency out there. | ||
| Court |
>>>It means your vehicle could be towed And that is the ultimate gotcha. You are better off trying to get a loan extension from the Capistrano family shylocks. Towed means, as stated . . that you first have to FIND it. That can be problematic when you come out of a restaurant at 11:50pm on Saturday night. Tow pounds are reminiscent of a high security prison run by folks who have failed the qualifications to become french fry folks at Mickey D's . . it's a promotion, however, from TEA. These folks deal in CASH ONLY. So . . . now you have 4 outstanding tickets . . . say about $450 with fees, a couple hundred bucks in tow fees and you are standing at the corner of Lennox and 178th street . . .hitting the ATM multiple times to fool the $400 transaction limits as the Crips watch from across the street. I drive a LOT. But I park carefully and have recently begun (unrelated and as a weight reduction effort) walking (27,000 steps yesterday) and watching cars get ticketed. And . . . in spite of this about 274,000 PER DAY . . come to visit! Hey . .. It's Neeeeeeeeeeeeeew York City! HINT: It does not help if you have "expanded" the parking space by pushing an unmarked NYPD car 18" using your Ford pickup. Also, having the truck pointed the same way as the arrow does not make it legal to back down a one way street at 25 mph . . . . however, as RT will attest, if you have the requisite skills to drive down the sidewalk and parallel park from the sidewalk side into the spot . . . you are King of All New York Drivers! Yesssssssssssssssssss ! | ||
| Sanchez |
> # $115 - no cover on back of pickup bed That's illegal in NYC?? Wtf. | ||
| Greenlantern |
That's illegal in NYC?? Wtf. Yup! And don't you dare have rear seats in a vehicle with commercial plates! |
